I am Red. I am a Survivor. This is my journey.

Whew, a bit of relief…

It’s been a long couple of days. I fell asleep while little man played next to me around 5pm Tuesday night and I have barely moved since. I woke up later that evening with a horrendous headache that medicine barely took the edge off of. Wednesday was a heck of a day. It was spent in my bed, unable to keep anything down – including medicine for my massive headache – and trying to sleep away the pain as best as I could.

I’m not entirely sure what caused this intense headache or vomiting but it’s been awful. When I was able to keep down my headache medicine, it would give me a few hours of relief and sleep until I awoke again in incredible pain. I debated on going to the emergency room and decided to give it until this morning to see how I feel.

I spent most of the night awake and in tears from the pain. I prayed hard that I would be able to keep my next dose of medication down and that it would provide relief. At 3am, God answered that prayer and allowed me to sleep with a dull headache.

Thankfully, this morning I awoke with a dull throbbing. The massive headache of yesterday only came once so far today and I was able to keep the medicine in my belly. It was able to work and I was able to sleep. My head has been throbbing on and off all day but it’s been bearable enough that I don’t feel the need to visit the ER.

I also woke up with a slight hunger and I’ve been able to keep down a banana, an apple and saltines. This is good progress from yesterday!

I’ve still spent all day in bed and will likely remain here for the rest of the night. Thankfully, Joe has been wonderful with Jacob and little man has been helpful in taking care of his momma. ❤

I’ve spoken with my oncologist, who prescribed a new headache medicine in the hopes of offering me some relief. I’ll take it in just a bit, once the crackers in my belly settle.

I had a similar headache when I first started Afinitor, so I wonder about that side effect. It’s also possible that it’s a virus. We took Jacob to the doctor early Tuesday and he is fighting the cold virus and the stomach bug – poor little man! And I can say, I haven’t made much of an effort not to catch either of those.

By tomorrow, I hope that I will awake without any hint of a headache and that my energy level will be up again. It’s been a long couple of days!